rise of the robots
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Rise of the Robots – This is IT 2017Martin Hamilton
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user feuilllu
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Rise of the Robots
1. Hardware –Pepper to Kiva and beyond
2. Software – AI and machine learning
3. What’s next?
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Inventing Google6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, CaliforniaMar 14 1953
Dear Swanie:Did you ever read what they call Science Fiction? It's a scream. It is written like this: "I checked out with K19 on Aldabaran III, and stepped out through the crummalite hatch on my 22 Model Sirus Hardtop. I cocked the timejector in secondary and waded through the bright blue manda grass. My breath froze into pink pretzels. I flicked on the heat bars and the Brylls ran swiftly on five legs using their other two to send out crylon vibrations. The pressure was almost unbearable, but I caught the range on my wrist computer through the transparent cysicites. I pressed the trigger. The thin violet glow was icecold against the rust-colored mountains. The Brylls shrank to half an inch long and I worked fast stepping on them with the poltex. But it wasn't enough. The sudden brightness swung me around and the Fourth Moon had already risen. I had exactly four seconds to hot up the disintegrator and Google had told me it wasn't enough. He was right."
They pay brisk money for this crap?
Ray
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Inventing Google6005 Camino de la Costa La Jolla, CaliforniaMar 14 1953
Dear Swanie:Did you ever read what they call Science Fiction? It's a scream. It is written like this: "I checked out with K19 on Aldabaran III, and stepped out through the crummalite hatch on my 22 Model Sirus Hardtop. I cocked the timejector in secondary and waded through the bright blue manda grass. My breath froze into pink pretzels. I flicked on the heat bars and the Brylls ran swiftly on five legs using their other two to send out crylon vibrations. The pressure was almost unbearable, but I caught the range on my wrist computer through the transparent cysicites. I pressed the trigger. The thin violet glow was icecold against the rust-colored mountains. The Brylls shrank to half an inch long and I worked fast stepping on them with the poltex. But it wasn't enough. The sudden brightness swung me around and the Fourth Moon had already risen. I had exactly four seconds to hot up the disintegrator and Google had told me it wasn't enough. He was right."
They pay brisk money for this crap?
Ray
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About Jisc
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About Jisc
About Jisc:› Registered charity championing the use of digital
technologies in research, education and skills› Shared services, national deals, advice & guidance:
– Janet: reaches 18m in education & public sector + eduroam wireless roaming
– Digital capabilities programme, supporting next generation of digital leaders
– Embracing student ideas and using them to build new digital solutions
– Helping institutions to achieve efficiency gains through digital technology, e.g.sector deals for Microsoft Office365 and Azure cloud services
› My role:– Generating and channelling new ideas– Building partnerships to bring them to fruition
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1. Hardware – Pepper to Kiva and beyond
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user feuilllu
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user feuilllu
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user nestle
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user feuilllu
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user nestle
› Pepper acts as greeter in 140+ SoftBank stores in Japan
› Nestlé planning to introduce in 1000+ sales outlets
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Hardware
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user greenplasticamy
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Hardware
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user greenplasticamy
› Amazon uses over 30,000 robots already in itswarehouses and distribution centres
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC Flickr user greenplasticamy
› Amazon uses over 30,000 robots already in itswarehouses and distribution centres
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC-ND Flickr user philips_newscenter
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC-ND Flickr user philips_newscenter
Photo CC BY Flickr user davidberkowitz
› “Chips with everything” – venture capitalists not sure yet what will stick, e.g. smart fork, toothbrush etc
› The Internet of Things quickly became the Internet of Pwned Things – cf. Shodan
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Hardware
Photo CC BY-NC-ND Flickr user philips_newscenter
Photo CC BY Flickr user davidberkowitz
› “Chips with everything” – venture capitalists not sure yet what will stick, e.g. smart fork, toothbrush etc
› The Internet of Things quickly became the Internet of Pwned Things – cf. Shodan
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2. Software – AI and machine learning
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Software
Photo CC BY-ND Flickr user chijs
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Software
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Software
Photo CC BY-ND Flickr user chijs
Photo CC BY-NC-SA Flickr user portalgda
› Tesla owners have already driven over 140m miles on Autopilot
› 90,000+ Teslas with Autopilot are already on the road
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Software
Google DeepMind AI learns to play Breakout
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Software
Blind man takes solo ride in Google self-driving car
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3. What’s next?
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What’s next?Pros and cons:› You might be surprised at just
how much more can be automated
› Further erosion of unskilled and semi-skilled employment opportunities– And watch out if your white collar job
can be reduced to an algorithm or “learned” from data
› “New Luddites” throwing stones at the Google bus?– Living Wage versus mass unrest– Psychological need for a greater
purpose› Health implications of sedentary
lifestyles, musculoskeletal disorders– Already 86% of Chinese high school
students are myopic – screen time and indoor play?
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What’s next?Pros and cons:› Tech has always been about extending our
reach– VR will let teleport us across the planet, and let us
exploredistant stars
› There will be whole new careers, and existing ones will change beyond recognition– We should view this as an opportunity, e.g. smart
homes› Time to move beyond archaic nation state
concepts?– Brexit vs. Estonian e-residency
› We will need to embrace portfolio careers and continuous learning– Bite sized learning will become increasingly
important
CC BY-ND Flickr user chijs
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What’s next?Pros and cons:› Tech has always been about extending our
reach– VR will let teleport us across the planet, and let us
exploredistant stars
› There will be whole new careers, and existing ones will change beyond recognition– We should view this as an opportunity, e.g. smart
homes› Time to move beyond archaic nation state
concepts?– Brexit vs. Estonian e-residency
› We will need to embrace portfolio careers and continuous learning– Bite sized learning will become increasingly
important
CC BY-ND Flickr user chijs
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What’s next?Pros and cons:› Tech has always been about extending our
reach– VR will let teleport us across the planet, and let us
exploredistant stars
› There will be whole new careers, and existing ones will change beyond recognition– We should view this as an opportunity, e.g. smart
homes› Time to move beyond archaic nation state
concepts?– Brexit vs. Estonian e-residency
› We will need to embrace portfolio careers and continuous learning– Bite sized learning will become increasingly
important
CC BY-ND Flickr user chijs
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What’s next?
CC BY-ND Flickr user chijs
For the university IT department:» Concentrate on what really adds value:
› Using your skills and expertise to their utmost» Commodity (cloud, SaaS) versus complexity, e.g.
› Research software engineering› Technology enhanced learning› Supporting startups and spinouts
» Set yourselves audacious goals› What gets you all fired up?
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Martin HamiltonFuturist, Jisc, London